majority, he announced his leave of absence to focus on corruption charges for bribing a undercover fbi agent. democrats no longer have a 2/3 majoritity. he doesn't think -- majority, he doesn't think it matters much. >> if there were key issues when the democrats needed to maintain the majority, that they were willing to put the votes on, they would not be leaving. >> republicans feel they should be suspended instead of paid leave. they are pushing for a vote today but they will still get their $95,000 a year pay. >>> san francisco school children are helping to make crossing the street safer near their school. today was the first day of the program at the elementary school. under the superviz of a police officer -- supervision of a police officer students helped kids get to school safely and it promotes pedestrian safely in light of the number of pedestrian accidents. >> having been a crossing guard when i was in elementary school it did develop a sense of responsibility and knowledge about when to cross, how to cross, be defensive when you cross. >> it will be implemented at two scho